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' DRAFT EQUALIZER. No. 372,859. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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MONS P. LOMEN, OF MAYVILLE, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

DRAFT-EQUALIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,859, dated 1\Tovember 8, 1887.

Application filed April 14, 1887. Serial No. 234,748. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoNs P. LoMEN, of the city of Mayville, in thecounty of Traill and Territory of Dakota; haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement in Four Horse Draft- Equalizers, of which I do'herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of doubletrees and equalizing-bars, so as to equalize thedraft of four horses when working abreast on harvesters and binders orother machines as they are needed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top elevation of a reaperand my improved equalizer attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view of mydraft-equalizer as if attached to a harvester and binder.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

. Referring to the drawings, A designates the tongue or pole of theharvester or other machine, or the beam of a gang-plow.

B is a rigid bar, one end of which is securely fastened to and on top ofthe tongue A.

D and G are equalizingbars equal in length, D overlapping U and at oneend bolted to it, so that the distance from c to fis one-third of thelength of either D or C. To the other end of D and on its top side isfastened, with clevis and pin, at f, an ordinary doubletree, E, withsingletrees a and a attached. On the top side and at the farther end ofO is placed a block at f, or else this end of equalizing-bar O is madedouble in thickness, so that its top is on a level with equalizing-barD. To C at f and on its top side, where it is thus made double inthickness, is fastened, by clevis and pin, an ordinary doubletree, E,with its singletrees a and a attached. Equalizing-bar 0 over- I as toplay upon it at b.

laps rigid bar B several inches and is so bolted Thus both equalizingbars,with their doubletrees attached,play upon gle trees, plays uponequalizing-bar C where bolted to it at 0. v

e is a draft-iron fastened at the back of equalizing-bar D. Thisdraft-iron is placed on equalizing-bar D a little farther from thetongue of machine than the middle of this bar D is, and to e is hooked adraft-chain, G, the other end of which chain is hooked to themachine-frame at X, Y, or Z, or to some part of the tongue A, as may befound necessary. The use of this draft-chain is to prevent side draft onthe machine, and the place of its attachment to the machine will. dependupon the amount of side straiuvfound necessary to be overcome in eachcase. Draft-iron e is furnished with several adj listing-holes, intoeither of which the chain may be hooked, according to the relativestrength of the horses. The rigid bar B is also provided withadjustingholes for changing the place of attaching to it theequalizing-bar 0 when horses of unequal size are used and require it.

When, as in plowing, the driver wishes the three horses to be on theleft of the plow-beam and one at his right hand, he simply turns each ofthe two doubletrees about face and moves draft-iron e to the back sideof equalizing-bar D, and shifts the position of rigid bar B, so that itwill project from the left instead of the right side of the tongue orbeam.

In construction all bars and doubletrees are made of wood andsufficiently strong to stand the draft of four horses.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. The combination of the rigid bar B, project-ing from one side of thetongue, the bar 0, pivoted to bar B and extending outward therefrom, thedoubletree E, pivoted to the outer end of bar 0, the bar D, pivoted atone end to the bar 0, near the'outer end of the latter, and

extendinginward over thebarGand the tongue, the doubletree E, pivoted tothe opposite end of bar D, and the draft-chain G, attached to bar 0,substantially as shown and described.

end to the bar 0, near the outer end of the latter, and extending inwardover the ban (3 and the tongue, said bnr D having the draft iron 6,provided with the series of openings, the donhietree E, pivoted to thefree end of bar I), and the draft-chain G, attached to one of theopenings in the draft-iron, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature, IO in the presence of two witnesses, this 4th (lay ofApril, A. D. 1887.

MONS P. LOMEN.

Vitnesses:

CHAS. 1H. DENLEY, J A0018 REYERSON.

